> What We Don’t Know Yet

> Governance and decision-making: How decisions are made, who has final say, and how the community is heard

> Roadmap and priorities: What gets built when and how to balance competing needs

> The transition itself: How to bring in more support without disrupting what already works

In other words: they have no clue what to do next (https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankis-growing-up/68610/2#p-1905...)

From the posts, it sounds like the original maintainer was approaching the point where they'd just abandon it, so this overall seems like a better outcome than either abandonment or sale to a PE firm.

Knowing what they don't know puts them ahead of many organizations.

Community focused organizations like this are hard to run without governance transitions. I think Anki brings value to the world and anyone willing to take on a leadership role in keeping it going should be given trust and grace to make the best decisions they can with the knowledge they have. I wish them luck.